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It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'
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Inflation

It's been a decade since UK inflation fell to 0%. Here's why that's 'actually quite a bad thing'

In February 2015, the UK recorded a 0% inflation rate as prices had remained stable for a year. This might sound like a dream after recent sky-high inflation rates, but the reality was a stagnant economy and cover for austerity measures. Economists chat to the Big Issue about what Labour can learn from its predecessors' mistakes
Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'
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Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over 'bats and newts'

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say
Disability benefits

Disability benefits such as PIP are actually good for the economy, economists say

Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK's entertainment economy is changing
Entertainment

Bingo and karaoke with Barry from EastEnders: How the UK's entertainment economy is changing

Tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability: What Trump 2.0 means for UK house prices
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Tariffs, trade wars and unpredictability: What Trump 2.0 means for UK house prices

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What impact will Trump's presidency actually have on the UK? Here's everything you need to know
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What impact will Trump's presidency actually have on the UK? Here's everything you need to know

Retailers warn there's 'little hope of prices going anywhere but up' – while they make huge profits
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Cost of living crisis

Retailers warn there's 'little hope of prices going anywhere but up' – while they make huge profits

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it's becoming an uncomfortable crisis
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Robert Glick

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it's becoming an uncomfortable crisis

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need 'bold' thinking to bring it back down
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Inflation

Energy bills have pushed UK inflation to 2.3% – and we need 'bold' thinking to bring it back down

Labour must 'learn the lessons' of Donald Trump's election win – or face right-wing surge
US election

Labour must 'learn the lessons' of Donald Trump's election win – or face right-wing surge

Labour's autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people
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Mikey Erhardt

Labour's autumn budget was another failure to make real change for disabled people

'Back to cost of living crisis': Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say
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Cost of living crisis

'Back to cost of living crisis': Households will be £770 worse off by next UK election, experts say

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is
Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares for the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

'It could have been from Gordon Brown': Experts weigh in on how radical Labour's budget really is

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits
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Autumn budget

Benefit changes, universal credit and crackdown on fraud: How Labour's budget impacts benefits

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds
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Universal credit

Universal credit top up of just £25 per week would 'benefit whole of society', study finds

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here's how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone
Autumn budget

Real change or austerity 2.0? Here's how Labour can deliver a budget that works for everyone

Axing 'cruel' two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn
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Two-child benefit cap

Axing 'cruel' two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns
Politics

These are the ticking Tory time bombs Labour must defuse as parliament returns

Job market 'cooling' to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls
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Employment

Job market 'cooling' to pre-pandemic levels, experts say, as unemployment slowly falls

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?
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Bank of England

Interest rates have been cut for the first time in more than four years. What does it mean for you?

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories' 'triple lock plus' pension pledge divides voters
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General election 2024

Dignified quality of life or gaslighting? Tories' 'triple lock plus' pension pledge divides voters

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From the NHS to levelling up: Here are all the broken promises after 14 years of Tory rule
General Election 2024

From the NHS to levelling up: Here are all the broken promises after 14 years of Tory rule

Yes, inflation is falling – but nearly 90% of Brits say cost of living crisis is far from over
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Inflation

Yes, inflation is falling – but nearly 90% of Brits say cost of living crisis is far from over

Liz Truss blames the 'deep state' and the 'establishment' for her downfall. Here's why she's wrong
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Politics

Liz Truss blames the 'deep state' and the 'establishment' for her downfall. Here's why she's wrong

UK recession: What is a recession and what does it mean for me?
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Cost of living crisis

UK recession: What is a recession and what does it mean for me?